Mode detail

Ferryboat

Ferryboat service carrying passengers, and sometimes vehicles, across water.

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Boardings

Nationwide, annual

Operating cost

As reported and in 2024 dollars

Largest Ferryboat operators, FY2024

# Agency Service Boardings Operating cost Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
1 Directly operated 18,859,209 $353,826,390 $18.76 $15.55 17.1%
2 Directly operated 16,214,706 $190,088,824 $11.72 — —
3 Purchased transportation 7,116,129 $85,257,513 $11.98 $8.75 27%
4
NY Waterway
Weehawken, NJ
Directly operated 4,694,357 $24,650,115 $5.25 $-3.88 174%
5 Directly operated 2,920,002 $113,968,044 $39.03 $27.05 30.7%
6
San Francisco Bay Ferry
San Francisco, CA
Purchased transportation 2,388,379 $60,324,098 $25.26 $19.87 21.3%
7 Purchased transportation 1,595,365 $45,222,014 $28.35 $24.38 14%
8 Directly operated 1,421,356 $42,593,735 $29.97 $20.65 31.1%
9 Purchased transportation 1,377,381 $49,339,958 $35.82 — —
10 Purchased transportation 1,359,001 $24,591,794 $18.10 $11.62 35.8%
11
SeaStreak, LLC
Atlantic Highlands, NJ
Directly operated 1,310,972 $25,462,304 $19.42 $-1.48 107.6%
12
Kitsap Transit
Bremerton, WA
Directly operated 1,229,269 $20,873,208 $16.98 $13.00 23.4%
13
Casco Bay Lines
Portland, ME
Directly operated 1,090,868 $9,434,990 $8.65 $5.01 42.1%
14
Hy-Line Cruises
Hyannis, MA
Directly operated 928,922 $23,940,866 $25.77 $-11.21 143.5%
15 Directly operated 877,244 $4,155,556 $4.74 $2.02 57.3%
16 Purchased transportation 836,782 $11,195,018 $13.38 $11.97 10.5%
17
Cape May Lewes Ferry
New Castle, DE
Directly operated 746,699 $24,201,513 $32.41 $25.22 22.2%
18 Directly operated 629,214 $4,027,851 $6.40 $6.03 5.8%
19 Directly operated 613,230 $1,255,296 $2.05 $0.39 81.1%
20 Directly operated 459,680 $14,726,382 $32.04 $18.32 42.8%
21 Purchased transportation 450,636 $7,681,278 $17.05 $9.86 42.2%
22 Directly operated 446,838 $10,156,716 $22.73 $18.78 17.4%
23 Purchased transportation 424,242 $3,883,503 $9.15 $5.78 36.8%
24 Directly operated 384,914 $1,195,055 $3.10 $-2.65 185.2%
25 Purchased transportation 238,639 $1,254,881 $5.26 — —